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re: Let’s re-visit the 2016 football team
Posted on 6/29/26 at 2:16 pm to Gnash
Posted on 6/29/26 at 2:16 pm to Gnash
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The first 3 plays of the game especially the Jamal Adams’ INT was Tiger Stadium at its peak. Deafening. I have no idea how we didn’t score on our first drive after that.
Man, that pop was legendary when he picked that ball. Still remember Danielson mentioning that Jamal reminded Lane of Polamalu.
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Posted on 6/29/26 at 2:43 pm to Gnash
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I have no idea how we didn’t score on our first drive after that.
3 and out then a blocked FG. Basically the worst possible outcome of that situation
Posted on 6/29/26 at 2:52 pm to Alt26
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Les was NOT a bad coach. But ultimately he was his own worst enemy because of his stubbornness. That was the difference between he and Saban.
The difference between Les and Saban (and Saban and every other coach) is that Saban had a master plan that he meticulously executed. And that plan included everything needed for success.
When Saban’s team had to go 75 yards in one second, in order to win, Saban had a play to do it. His team practiced that one play every single week for the nearly impossible circumstance. Then when it happened, Saban had LSU run the play. The odds were overwhelming that the play would still fail, but it worked, and LSU beat Kentucky on the Bluegrass Miracle.
Saban had a plan, and a process, for everything. And he practiced those plans, and he executed those processes, relentlessly. And THAT was the difference between Saban and the rest of the herd.
Posted on 6/29/26 at 4:17 pm to Hoclate
Originating season of “Etling walked so Burrow could run.”
Posted on 6/29/26 at 4:27 pm to Yaboylsu63
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Going into summer all we heard was Les was handing the keys over and we would throw the ball more… all to literally watch 100 toss dives against UW in Lambeau. Les deserved the firing for just outright lying to the fan base all summer after that.
There were still dozens of LSU fans who thought he should get more time even after the auburn game.
Posted on 6/29/26 at 4:29 pm to Alt26
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Les was NOT a bad coach. But ultimately he was his own worst enemy because of his stubbornness
After 2007 he leaned into the doofus/wacky persona way too much and became way too loyal to his staff.
If Les had that same fire he had the first 3 seasons (think Tracy Wolfsob halftime interview at Tennessee 2006) i believe he would have held on longer and won another 1-2 championships.
Posted on 6/29/26 at 4:35 pm to jhhingle
it was over when Fournette was obviously frustrated with Miles on the sideline
Posted on 6/29/26 at 6:54 pm to S
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After 2007 he leaned into the doofus/wacky persona way too much and became way too loyal to his staff.
It was really after the 2008 season when Perrilloux got kicked off the team and he was forced to play freshman Jarrett Lee who couldn’t keep from throwing pick 6s. Les was never the same after that 08 season. He played every game based solely around not taking chances the rest of his career. It worked against most teams not named Alabama because we could overpower almost everyone else. But that was ultimately his undoing.
Posted on 6/29/26 at 7:47 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
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Outside of the RBs
Our running game was effective against the weaker opponents on the schedule. Against Wisconsin and Alabama it was all but non-existent. And I remember in that crucial last home game vs Florida we had 1st and goal from the 1, and four running attempts led to a turnover on downs and a lost ball game.
Posted on 6/29/26 at 8:00 pm to Hoclate
Deion Jones was not on the 2016 LSU team. He was busy playing for the Falcons as a rookie and played in that 28-3 comeback Super Bowl that they lost to the Patriots.
Posted on 6/29/26 at 8:04 pm to Penrod
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When Saban’s team had to go 75 yards in one second, in order to win, Saban had a play to do it. His team practiced that one play every single week for the nearly impossible circumstance. Then when it happened, Saban had LSU run the play. The odds were overwhelming that the play would still fail, but it worked, and LSU beat Kentucky on the Bluegrass Miracle.
Please tell me this is a troll and that you’re not really this stupid. There is no play for 4th and 75 with one second left to play.
The Bluegrass Miracle was pure dumb luck. Nothing more. Nothing less. You can’t plan your way to success on a play like that.
This post was edited on 6/29/26 at 8:36 pm
Posted on 6/29/26 at 9:04 pm to cbree88
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Please tell me this is a troll and that you’re not really this stupid. There is no play for 4th and 75 with one second left to play.
That just goes to show how wrong you can be. Saban had a play for that situation; LSU ran it; and it happened to work.
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The Bluegrass Miracle was pure dumb luck. Nothing more. Nothing less
Wrong. It was mostly luck. But LSU practiced that play every week. Success is where luck meets preparation.
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You can’t plan your way to success on a play like that.
No, you can’t. But you can prepare for a situation like that. Most people don’t because it is too much of a long shot. If you were a coach you would not have prepared for it. You would have just sent a bunch of people deep and had the QB hum the ball. Saban prepared for it.
This post was edited on 6/29/26 at 9:09 pm
Posted on 6/29/26 at 9:23 pm to Copernicus
quote:The Offense immediately "Clicked" when Etling came in earlier, but "Miles Time Management Syndrome" doomed it at the End.
Auburn - didn’t quite get the final snap off. Would’ve been a game winning TD
He got the Axe the Monday after the game. (Years too late for Football Nikkii)
Posted on 6/29/26 at 9:26 pm to Penrod
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That just goes to show how wrong you can be. Saban had a play for that situation; LSU ran it; and it happened to work.
Lol
Posted on 6/29/26 at 11:42 pm to JimTiger72
quote:I’m pretty sure he sells real estate in California.
I wonder what Cam Cameron is up to these days
Posted on 6/30/26 at 8:34 am to Alt26
Les only survived in 2015 because Jindal stuck his big nose into things. His days were numbered. Alleva had wated him gone for a while.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 8:39 am to semjase
It was Sunday afternoon. Alleva and TAF dropped the axe quickly.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 9:12 am to TigerMac81
I really remember the axe dropping almost immediately after the official review reversing Etling's "winning" TD pass
Posted on 6/30/26 at 9:52 am to TigerMac81
The 2012 season broke Miles.
In 2013 there was the sexual harassment investigation.
He had LSU's, and his, wins vacated from 2012-2015 because of the Vadal Alexandar scandal with the booster and children's hospital.
He hung out in limbo for a year after he was fired from LSU and got hired by hapless Kansas in Nov of 2018. Who was then fired from Kansas in 2021 because of the 2013 LSU investigation.
In 2013 there was the sexual harassment investigation.
He had LSU's, and his, wins vacated from 2012-2015 because of the Vadal Alexandar scandal with the booster and children's hospital.
He hung out in limbo for a year after he was fired from LSU and got hired by hapless Kansas in Nov of 2018. Who was then fired from Kansas in 2021 because of the 2013 LSU investigation.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 12:58 pm to Hoclate
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Derrius Guice,
What a talent. I would have loved to see his NFL career if not for the injuries and bad shite.
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